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jillan

(39,451 posts)
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:19 PM Apr 2016

Did you hear the latest Bill Clinton attack? Please put sharp objects down.

WTF is wrong with him? I can't even say what I want to say here.

Bill Clinton Blames Millennials For Anger, Economy, Congress

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Millennials, there’s a reason Americans are so anxious and angry in this election, Bill Clinton says. It’s you.

It’s no secret that Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been frustrated that younger people are flocking to Bernie Sanders, a septuagenarian democratic socialist.

But in a speech on Thursday to about 1,000 people in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the former president, who was stumping on his wife’s behalf, betrayed yet another frustration with younger Americans. He said the country would be in a much better place now if the youth had not been so apathetic and had voted six years ago, when the tea party wave put Republicans in charge of the House of Representatives.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-blames-millennials_us_57191d13e4b0d0042da88c9f


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Did you hear the latest Bill Clinton attack? Please put sharp objects down. (Original Post) jillan Apr 2016 OP
i hope there is video of this. nt grasswire Apr 2016 #1
F*** Bill Clinton. That sob's about to ruin it for the dems. nt RepubliCON-Watch Apr 2016 #2
He's a bit too full of himself, Ilsa Apr 2016 #3
'Why y'all kids so keen on Bernie's integrity? Look how rich I've become without any.' sorechasm Apr 2016 #47
Way to push that party unity there Big Guy Kelvin Mace Apr 2016 #4
bye, bill. you are soooooo over. restorefreedom Apr 2016 #5
This Bill Clinton said this? Xipe Totec Apr 2016 #6
I think it might have been this one: cui bono Apr 2016 #13
Thanks Bill, keep talking! polichick Apr 2016 #7
Bill is doing the political limbo. Bill, how low can you go? BillZBubb Apr 2016 #8
While he has a point, he totally ignores sadoldgirl Apr 2016 #9
No he really doesn't have a point TM99 Apr 2016 #20
I was about to mention that Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #23
Bill Clinton is a an old narcissist TM99 Apr 2016 #25
There he goes again. More sabotage. CharlotteVale Apr 2016 #10
Some of them were too young to vote then (nt) Autumn Colors Apr 2016 #11
The longer Bernie is around, the more ridiculous the Clinton surrogates (including her husband) bjo59 Apr 2016 #12
Dementia. Downwinder Apr 2016 #14
Maybe if he hadn't led the way for the Dem Party to become moderate Republicans cui bono Apr 2016 #15
+10 Reagnaomics + Clintonomics = American Decline, Global Rule. appalachiablue Apr 2016 #57
To think I used to really really like him. Puke. DiehardLiberal Apr 2016 #16
Damn Bill. Just. Stop. Talking. MissDeeds Apr 2016 #17
This is good actually, shows what a wreck he is. Let Bill continue saying outrageous appalachiablue Apr 2016 #56
If Obama had pursued a progressive agenda, maybe more Dems would have voted in 2010 BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #18
Yeah, I've always wondered how he rationalizes the 1994 rout Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #26
Great point, Art. So much for down ticket impact. suffragette Apr 2016 #50
It certainly was a net negative in the '90s Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #64
Honestly, I think something is not quite right with Bill these days, She cannot control him... AuntPatsy Apr 2016 #19
As embarrassing as this is Hydra Apr 2016 #22
Didn't Hillary say Bill would be a financial adviser? djean111 Apr 2016 #62
Another account of dumbass Bill's comments on those damn millennials he hates BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #21
If he'd kept his dick in his pants we'd be remembering the Gore administration fondly. mahina Apr 2016 #34
+1000. nt Nay Apr 2016 #54
Why do the Clintons hate kids? notadmblnd Apr 2016 #24
Cuz kids hate them Kalidurga Apr 2016 #28
The Clintons hate anyone who gets between them and the WH. senz Apr 2016 #30
And maybe the next Ilsa Apr 2016 #58
The winner of April's GOTV registration drive will not be Bill Clinton. Major Hogwash Apr 2016 #27
Post removed Post removed Apr 2016 #29
Oh boy, I can just hear the millennials response. Yikes. Talk about uniting them against Hillary BigBearJohn Apr 2016 #31
Yeah Bill? Well if you had managed to keep it in your pants, we might not have gotten George Bush. EmperorHasNoClothes Apr 2016 #32
^^^^ THIS ^^^^^!! That was the only reason why Gore didn't campaign with Bill. jillan Apr 2016 #36
Oh, I can't WAIT to tell my 21 YO grandson this, in the morning. djean111 Apr 2016 #33
Millenials are described as people HappyMe Apr 2016 #61
hey Bill...i'm no millennial, but i know what their problem is... islandmkl Apr 2016 #35
black or white doesn't matter, amirite? Oh Bill can't you hear The Hamptons calling your name? Hiraeth Apr 2016 #37
Spoke with two millennials at the gym today. You are not going to like what they said. BigBearJohn Apr 2016 #38
Okay, *that's* privilege Rebkeh Apr 2016 #39
It's the Clinton way. nt malokvale77 Apr 2016 #48
I hope someone from clinton team monitors these comments. oldandhappy Apr 2016 #40
I hope they don't. winter is coming Apr 2016 #41
yea, well, smile oldandhappy Apr 2016 #42
Well Bill, some of them were TOO YOUNG to vote ! Just sayin'. agracie Apr 2016 #43
That should encourage them to vote dem in November abelenkpe Apr 2016 #44
Even the ones who weren't 18 six years ago? n/t eridani Apr 2016 #45
It is for the same reason that I have a hard time voting sometimes, Mbrow Apr 2016 #46
Bully Bullhorn Slick Willy... SoapBox Apr 2016 #49
And we'd be much better off if he'd have pursued a blue collar career. nm floriduck Apr 2016 #51
Or used his law degree to pursue Ilsa Apr 2016 #59
Hey Bill...! Jester Messiah Apr 2016 #52
He started inhaling. HooptieWagon Apr 2016 #53
If only today's 18 - 22 year olds had voted six years ago! Babel_17 Apr 2016 #55
I thought you had to be reasonably adept Ilsa Apr 2016 #60
I would love to kick his ass. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #63

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
3. He's a bit too full of himself,
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:23 PM
Apr 2016

casting blame like that. I suppose he feels he didn't have a part in creating this crap.

sorechasm

(631 posts)
47. 'Why y'all kids so keen on Bernie's integrity? Look how rich I've become without any.'
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 07:01 AM
Apr 2016

'Oh, yeah, and please vote for my wife.'

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
5. bye, bill. you are soooooo over.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:24 PM
Apr 2016

please stop appearing in public. you are now just embarassing yourself.

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
8. Bill is doing the political limbo. Bill, how low can you go?
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:26 PM
Apr 2016

If Democrats did something that excited people to go and vote for them maybe we wouldn't have this problem. The Third Way, DLC, no we can't Democrats are losers in everything but national elections.

If Hillary gets elected, 2018 is going to make 2014 look like a Democratic victory.

sadoldgirl

(3,431 posts)
9. While he has a point, he totally ignores
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:26 PM
Apr 2016

why they did not or now do not care.

It puts the blame on them, but I don't
think that they will care.

Don't get angry,jillan, the millennials will
not fall for it.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
20. No he really doesn't have a point
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:42 PM
Apr 2016

because late teens and early twenty years old currently inspired by Sanders and being dismissed by the Clintons were too young to vote six years ago.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
23. I was about to mention that
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:50 PM
Apr 2016

Most of the college kids who are attending Bernie's rallies were still in high school 6 years ago-- or even junior high.

Bill's frantically grasping at straws.

 

TM99

(8,352 posts)
25. Bill Clinton is a an old narcissist
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:53 PM
Apr 2016

losing his grip on reality as he pushes his wife towards their assumptive coronation.

bjo59

(1,166 posts)
12. The longer Bernie is around, the more ridiculous the Clinton surrogates (including her husband)
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:30 PM
Apr 2016

will become. It would be highly entertaining if the situation this country finds itself in weren't so tragic.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
15. Maybe if he hadn't led the way for the Dem Party to become moderate Republicans
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:33 PM
Apr 2016

people wouldn't be so apathetic.

What an asstroll.

.

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
56. This is good actually, shows what a wreck he is. Let Bill continue saying outrageous
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 04:12 PM
Apr 2016

statements blaming young people absurdly and falsely for 'not doing enough' (some weren't of age then) when it's what HE and his ALLIES did, that largely created the MESS we're in, and millennials realize it.

Just keep on pissing people off Bill! and making an a*s of yourself even more...

Defying Election Laws and Obstructing Voting by Campaigning for Hill Outside Boston, Mass. area Polling Places.



Defending the 1996 Workfare and Crime Bill of 1994, "Super Predators" to Black Lives Matter Activists in Philadelphia.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
18. If Obama had pursued a progressive agenda, maybe more Dems would have voted in 2010
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:38 PM
Apr 2016

After Obama protected the banksters and caved to the insurance companies and big pharma on health care, it was obvious that he was a corporatist at heart.

Did Bill say it was also the fault of the voters when the Dems were routed in 1994 and lost both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years? It's always the fault of those dumb, lazy and disloyal voters, never the fault of the Third Way politicians who abandon them. If only we understood all they do for us.

Every time Bill Clinton opens his mouth I despise him even more.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
26. Yeah, I've always wondered how he rationalizes the 1994 rout
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:55 PM
Apr 2016

And during the next two election cycles ('96 and '98), while he was still President, we only had a net gain of about 5 seats in Congress-- a mere drop in the bucket compared with the combined losses in '92 and '94.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)
50. Great point, Art. So much for down ticket impact.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 02:10 PM
Apr 2016

If anything, the Clinton down ticket impact is negative, rather than positive.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
64. It certainly was a net negative in the '90s
Sun Apr 24, 2016, 06:05 AM
Apr 2016

And with Hillary's high negativity ratings, I don't see how she could have a coattail effect with down ticket races.

AuntPatsy

(9,904 posts)
19. Honestly, I think something is not quite right with Bill these days, She cannot control him...
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:41 PM
Apr 2016

nor should she get blamed, that's more than unfair,

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
22. As embarrassing as this is
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:47 PM
Apr 2016

Hillary choose to use him, and this is the result. She gets to own that.

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
21. Another account of dumbass Bill's comments on those damn millennials he hates
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 11:46 PM
Apr 2016
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-blames-millennials_us_57191d13e4b0d0042da88c9f

<By way of extolling Obama’s efforts at recovery, Clinton argued that the president at least brought back employment — even if wages are no better.

“We got our jobs back in seven and a half years,” Clinton said, before coming back around to name the slackers in the economic equation.

“If all the young people who claim to be disillusioned now had voted in 2010, we wouldn’t have lost the Congress, and we’d probably have our incomes back,” he said.

Many millennials were probably too young to vote in 2010, it should be noted.>

Yeah, that's it Bill. They only "claim" to be disillusioned. Maybe it's all an act. Or maybe they see you and Hillary for the corrupt neocon war mongering corporatists that you both are.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
27. The winner of April's GOTV registration drive will not be Bill Clinton.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:01 AM
Apr 2016

Surprised?

What a fucking gasbag that racist POS has turned out to be!!
Seriously.

Response to jillan (Original post)

EmperorHasNoClothes

(4,797 posts)
32. Yeah Bill? Well if you had managed to keep it in your pants, we might not have gotten George Bush.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:09 AM
Apr 2016

So there's that.

jillan

(39,451 posts)
36. ^^^^ THIS ^^^^^!! That was the only reason why Gore didn't campaign with Bill.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:28 AM
Apr 2016

He really has a lot of nerve criticizing anyone ever.

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
33. Oh, I can't WAIT to tell my 21 YO grandson this, in the morning.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:09 AM
Apr 2016

This will percolate all through reddit, and onward from there.
They will never vote for Hillary.

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
61. Millenials are described as people
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 05:53 PM
Apr 2016

born from 1982-2004. They are not only pissing off the younger kids - my son, his wife and their friends were born during that time. Some are in their early 30s. They are all very strong Bernie supporters.

It will percolate through reddit, if it hasn't already.

islandmkl

(5,275 posts)
35. hey Bill...i'm no millennial, but i know what their problem is...
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:27 AM
Apr 2016

they are in the same situation i am in on Sunday afternoon in football season:

my favorite team (KC Chiefs) keeps me involved and interested and excited...and i pay attention to other teams in their division just to keep abreast of my team's overall situation...

but the other 28 or so teams don't get much, if any, attention from me...because they are just more of the same old game and i have virtually no connection to them...

it's been that way since the '60s for me...and should, for some reason, my favorite team be dismantled and moved to another city with different owners...well, i would probably, tough as it would be, no longer have a favorite, life-long, since i was a kid football team to cheer for...

that is what has happened to the Democratic Party...in the '80s it got 'sold' and moved away from its core principles, went over to the DLC/Third Way RepublicanLite™ Party...and left all of its Left Progressive members behind...but wanted them to still support the 'new Dems' because, after all, they still carried the name 'Democratic Party'...

the millennials have never had the opportunity, let alone the satisfaction of supporting a party that upheld principles of fairness and equality and trying to make America a better society for all its citizens...

no...they only see two parties promoting basically the same programs...with only enough differences to look 'different'...but they see the money people getting everything they want and everybody else getting screwed...

i feel sorry for the millennials...i've, we've, all been putting up with this shit for 30 years or so...we know the difference...the millennials don't have any perspective about how things could be...

but Bernie is showing them some light at the end of a tunnel they didn't even know they were in....so there is hope...i just hope i live to see it because it doesn't look like it is going to happen too damn soon...

BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
38. Spoke with two millennials at the gym today. You are not going to like what they said.
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 12:30 AM
Apr 2016

They are, of course, Bernie supporters. They said if Hillary gets the nomination
they are going to vote for Trump. After all, they said, he's against TPP and NAFTA.
Besides, one of the boys said, "How much worse could he be than Hillary? We
need a change. I'm tired of establishment candidates."

Mbrow

(1,090 posts)
46. It is for the same reason that I have a hard time voting sometimes,
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 06:19 AM
Apr 2016

They don't have or support viable candidates. They also once in a while seem to be supporting a re-thug over a lefty Dem.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
59. Or used his law degree to pursue
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 05:09 PM
Apr 2016

Product liability, etc, anything to make him rich enough to stay out of politics.

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)
55. If only today's 18 - 22 year olds had voted six years ago!
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 03:56 PM
Apr 2016

He may not be done, but stick a fork in him to check, just in case.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
60. I thought you had to be reasonably adept
Fri Apr 22, 2016, 05:14 PM
Apr 2016

at mathematics (addition, please) and understanding minimum voting age to get into law school, but I guess I'm just too ordinary to understand.

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